Stainless Steel Cutlery Gains Popularity in U S Shops
The article discusses chromium steel, a rust resistant alloy with 12 to 13 percent chromium, now produced in the United States and sold as table cutlery. It notes higher cost but superior durability and anti tarnish properties, plus potential uses beyond cutlery. Also contains a narrative about a Sunday school pupil and an ad for Sloan's Liniment with prices.
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Scientific American
England
United States
Our Organ of Balance and the Vertigo Feeling
Describes dizziness and how the organ near the ear governs balance. Explains that when balance is disrupted by disease or spinning oneself, one may feel objects rotate. Restoring balance corrects the sensation. Defines vertigo as the spinning feeling and explains the meaning of vert.
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Shepherdstown
Bristol
Pullman Broiler
Roanoke
St. Louis
Mullonoke
Columbus
Chicago
Elkton
Hagerstown
Shenandoaht Junction
Shenandoahecon
Slaggerstown
Philadelphia
New York
B. Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helps Childless Couples
A letter from Mrs Alla B Tramons of Poplar Bluff Missouri praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health improvement and successful childbirth. The note claims prior illness prevented work, but after use the writer became a mother and can perform household duties, urging others to write for confidential medical advice.
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Lydia EB
Lydia Kham
Lydia B.pink
Alla B. Tramons
Almand St
Poplar Bluff
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydis & Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Bar Iron and Farm Tools Ad listings
An advertisement lists bar iron nails horse shoes large iron wash kettles brass copper porcelain kettles skillets waffle irons trace butt cow halter chains farm bells screen doors and windows American fence wire barbed wire saws Black Hawk corn shellers lawn mowers files all sizes bolts loaded shells powder and shot.
The Lost Cigar at Koeniggratz
A fragmentary tale recounts Bismarck’s cigar at Koeniggratz saved as a symbol of leadership. He guards a single last cigar during battle and shares it with a wounded dragoon, finding deeper value in sacrifice than in personal pleasure.
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Bismarck
Frederick Marvin
Koeniggrats
Yorkshire
Eng
Koeniggratz
Talser
The March Month Through History And Wit
March, the first named by Mars, marks the old Roman year and winter’s end. It shifts from winter to spring with winds and rain varying by region, shaping planting and weather lore. The piece notes people’s pride in symptoms and chatter about ailments as a social art.
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Mars
Anming
Martius
Europe
England
Rome
Ameren
Middle West
Wishbone Dining Scene Prompts Plot Twist at Restaurant
In a restaurant a couple shares a fowl meal and uses a wishbone to decide who makes a wish. The man urges a wish while the woman hesitates saying she cannot think of anything she truly wants. He offers to make a wish for her and she suggests tea as a playful answer.
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Little Jim
Solomon’s Temple
Ingenious husband shopper scheme and odd ads
A curious note discusses a husband taking his wife shopping and a neighbor’s quip about his thrift. The column then markets Dr King’s New Life Pills and Burdock Blood Bitters. An investigation in Woodstock Virginia targets unknown anti registration literature distributors amid threatening letters.
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Woodstock
Cardus advertised cure claims target women health
An old advertisement promotes Cardus as a remedy for female ailments and headaches. It asserts physician backing and over forty years of use, urging women to begin taking Cardus to help their health and serve as a medicine they may need.
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Lindscart
Tachi
Ul Beatae
Tate
Pani
Pani Wanted Now Aid Hive Vieven
Cardus
Toe Above Hotel Opens With Improved Service
The Toe Above Hotel offers improved service in every department and invites the public. Rooms with private baths heat, meals, and location rated as attractive. Special winter parties available, rates listed as single from 12 to 14, double 20 to 24, private bath 9.50 per week, day rate 2.97.
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Fletcher
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Hagerstown, Md
The
Whiting Milling Company
Shepherdstown, W. VA
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Knights of Columbus
Polack’s Jewelry Store
Washington Street
Jefferson County Telephone Co
A. C. Getzendanner
Charles Town, W. VA
Lee Wah
Masonic
M. B. Baker
Miss Loud
Mann’s
Sloan
Castoria
Catt Tliekes
M. R. Moler
Grocerie
W. Va
A. S. Dandridge & Co
Oliver
Tiger
Granger
Deering
4. S. Dandridge & CO
Walter J. Rider
Charles Town
Hay & Straw
Cumberland
W. H. Knode
Crossett
Laws A. Crosser
Indy Mi
North
Abington
Crossett Shoe
S.jhodges
H. L. Snyder & CO
Potomac Cement Works
Potomac River
Potomac
Sheramdoah Latrobe
W. Luria
Shepherdstown, W.va
H. C. Marten
Hardware Store
Hardware Department
N. C
Japan
International
Cileason
Frank Miller
Black Lamb
Keystone
Aladdin Security Gil Aleaga
Standard, Oil ,Company
Washington, Nosantye
Richmond, Va
Baltimore
Diomarck
Cherlahed
Abe
King
Hill Top
Harper's Ferry, W. Va
Norfolk &Western
Minnesota
Stosses
W. N. Lemen & Son
Diehl & Bro
Old Reliable Marble and Granite Works
Guaran Diehl & Bro
Charles Towe
Fria Tor Vin
B. S. Pendleton
W.va
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